Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and other lawmakers renewed calls for congressional oversight Wednesday after President Donald Trump said the U.S. seized a Venezuelan oil tanker off the country’s coast, an operation U.S. officials described as a sanctions-enforcement action involving the Coast Guard and other agencies.
“It sounds a lot like the beginning of a war,” Paul told NewsNation’s Hannah Brandt, adding, “I’m not really in favor of beginning wars with other countries.”
Paul has been one of the most vocal and consistent GOP skeptics of the administration’s expanding Venezuela posture and recently teamed with Democrat Sens. Tim Kaine of Virginia, Chuck Schumer of New York, and Adam Schiff of California, on a War Powers Resolution aimed at blocking U.S. armed forces from engaging in hostilities “within or against” Venezuela without explicit authorization from Congress.
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